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 [ 4 syll. he-nriet-ta, hen-rie-tta ] The girl name Henrietta is pronounced HHEHNRiyEHTah KEY. Henrietta is of Germanic origin. It is used mainly in English and German. The name Henrietta means 'house owner, lord of the manor'. Two-element name derived from heim and ric which are of the meanings 'home, homeland' and 'rich, powerful, ruler' respectively. The name was adopted by English speakers in the 17th century, promoted by Henriette-Marie or Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), Princess of France and Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to Charles I. The name Henrietta is a Latinate form of Henriette, the feminine equivalent of the French Henri. The name Henrietta saw a revival in popularity in the late 19th century. It is sometimes used in Scotland as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Oighrig. Henrietta is the feminine version of the English Henry. Henrietta is a widely used name; it has 45 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Harriet, Hennreitta, Henrie, and Henriette (also used in French, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) are English forms of the name. Other English forms include the short forms Etta and Henri, the pet forms Ettie, Etty, Hatsie, Hatsy, Hattie, Hatty, Henia (also used in Polish and ), Henie, Hennie, Henny (also used in Dutch and German), Hetti, Hettie, Hetty (also used in Dutch), Nettie, Netty, and Retta, and the spelling variants Hennrietta and Henryetta. Forms of Henrietta used in foreign languages include the Italian Enrica, the Italian Enrichetta, the Spanish Enriqua, the Spanish Enriqueta, the Frisian and German Heike, the German Heinrike, the Scandinavian Hendrika, the Dutch Hendrikje, the Finnish Henna, the German Henni, the Dutch Henriet, the Finnish Henriikka, the German and Scandinavian Henrika, the German and Scandinavian Henrike, the Scandinavian Henrikke, the Polish Henryka, the Dutch Jet, the German and Congo Jette, the German Jetty, and the Yiddish Yenta. The spelling variant Henrieta (Polish) is another foreign form. Henrietta is a form of the English Harriet. See also the related form, the Scottish Oighrig. Henrietta is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1902, 0.156% of baby girls were named Henrietta. It had a ranking of #128 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is currently used only on a very modest scale. Within all girl names in its family, Henrietta was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Henrietta include the English Hennrietta, the English Henryetta, the English Hennreitta, the Dutch Henriet, the Polish Henrieta, the Latvian Henriete, and the English, French, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Henriette. KEY: Pronunciation for Henrietta: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
